As Chelsea and Man United fight for the Premiership title this weekend, spare a thought for a team with the boot definitely on the other foot.

The Blacksmith's Arms fear they'll be Britain's worst football team if they lose again today.

They go into their last game of the season having been beaten in all 24 matches so far and conceding 337 goals - a humiliating average of 14 per match.

In reply, the lads have scored a measly five times with one of those being an own-goal.

The pub team's goal difference in 19 league games is minus 269 and in five cup ties they've lost by a combined scoreline of 63-0.

In a season of disasters, they surpassed themselves by being thrashed 27-0 - on two occasions. Pub landlady and club secretary Julz Dixon said: "If we continue like this we're heading for the Guinness Book of Records as the worst team there's ever been.

"We know we're rubbish but I can't fault the attitude of the players - they are a great bunch.

"We keep getting beat but we've been playing a bit better lately. Rather than losing by 20 goals, it's now just five or 10."

Lifeguard Tim Allen, 20, is the Lincoln club's unlucky goalkeeper who has been desperately trying to stop the team from drowning every week.

He said: "It gets a bit sickening when you're getting beat 27-0, so I had a go outfield.

"Unfortunately, our reserve keeper got injured so I was put back between the sticks. There was no escape.

"We don't enjoy losing and it's hard work. In some games I have to try to save 40 or 50 shots."

Blacksmith's said they will keep going next season even if they lose today at Horncastle in the WJ Harrison Lincoln League.

And they'll still have a way to go before reaching the standards set by Isle of Arran side Northend Thistle who failed to win for 18 years before a victory in 2008.